Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Works for Me Wednesday: Numbering Blog Comments

If you do giveaways on your blog and you use a random number generator to select your winners, you probably know how tedious it can be to count all the comments to find the winner. I was thrilled, a couple of weeks ago, to find a hack for numbering comments in Blogger.

This easy-to-understand tutorial makes it simple to add the numbered comments feature. I'm so excited about doing my next giveaway, now! This simple blog tip definitely works for me.

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photo by atalou

10 comments:

Holly said...

Oh my goodness, thank you! That will make things easier. Last time I had a giveaway I started a Word document and just typed in the names as the comments came in, numbering them of course. That wasn't so bad, but I'm sure this is better!

Joy @ Five J's said...

I have a WP blog, so I wonder if it'd work for me? I've always been jealous of the wonderful numbered comments that Pioneer Woman has.

As for Explode the Code that you asked about? I really don't know what to say other that to tell you I've heard of other families having success with ETC with older children who had difficulty reading/spelling. I guess it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, right?

Melissa said...

I think that tip will help a lot of bloggers! Thanks!

Kirsty said...

That's an awesome tip, thanks a bunch :)

Jenny said...

That is awesome! I don't do many giveaways, but I always wondered how to get the comments numbered!

gina said...

AHA! That has been a pain (i write out a slip of paper for each entry- tedious!!). Good one- thanks Kris!

Lisa said...

I love knowing where to go for new blog info. It's such a fun learning process, and I am relatively new at it! Thanks.

Angie said...

Rock on! I may have to give this one a try. It is such a huge pain when I have had contests with something crazy like 500+ entries.

Thanks for the tip!

Jenny said...

thats awesome :)

Kathy said...

Thanks for spreading the "know how."